Sunday, October 26, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Pressing on the Upward Way
October 19, 2008
David Dawson
Although it is not a significant feast for Christians, this week in the Hebrew calendar marks the feast of Tabernacles. This is one of the three main feasts which included a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. This morning we will be considering some of the Psalms of Ascent, songs which were sung as ancient pilgrims moved upward to Jerusalem and songs which we can sing as we move upward towards God and draw near to Him. My challenge to you this morning is to rekindle your desire to ascend, to press onward and upward closer to God. I invite you to hear the voice of God in these Psalms beckoning you to a closer walk with Him.
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David Dawson
Although it is not a significant feast for Christians, this week in the Hebrew calendar marks the feast of Tabernacles. This is one of the three main feasts which included a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. This morning we will be considering some of the Psalms of Ascent, songs which were sung as ancient pilgrims moved upward to Jerusalem and songs which we can sing as we move upward towards God and draw near to Him. My challenge to you this morning is to rekindle your desire to ascend, to press onward and upward closer to God. I invite you to hear the voice of God in these Psalms beckoning you to a closer walk with Him.
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Sunday, October 12, 2008
Christ in Focus # 2
October 12, 2008 AM
Dave Marttunen
Knowing God can not be reduced to a simple learning exercise that keeps us at a distance. He resists that kind of approach. What we quickly discover as we learn about God is that we are affected by what we learn. This is why the disciple John could record the words of Jesus; “This is life eternal, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent,” John 17:3. As iron filings cannot resist the pull of a magnet, so our knowledge of God pulls us toward Him. By nature the one responds to the other. With God, when we have understood and embraced our hope in Christ, we find a thirst to know Him. As our knowledge of God grows our Joyful Thanksgiving flows.
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Dave Marttunen
Knowing God can not be reduced to a simple learning exercise that keeps us at a distance. He resists that kind of approach. What we quickly discover as we learn about God is that we are affected by what we learn. This is why the disciple John could record the words of Jesus; “This is life eternal, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent,” John 17:3. As iron filings cannot resist the pull of a magnet, so our knowledge of God pulls us toward Him. By nature the one responds to the other. With God, when we have understood and embraced our hope in Christ, we find a thirst to know Him. As our knowledge of God grows our Joyful Thanksgiving flows.
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Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Christ in Focus #1
October 5, 2008 AM
Dave Marttunen
Today, Pastor Dave begins a new teaching Series on the book of Colossians. The series is designed to help us focus on Jesus Christ. A proper understanding of Christ, is the doorway into everything that God has designed for us. In today's message we will learn that a maturing knowledge of Christ is the key to hope filled living.
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Dave Marttunen
Today, Pastor Dave begins a new teaching Series on the book of Colossians. The series is designed to help us focus on Jesus Christ. A proper understanding of Christ, is the doorway into everything that God has designed for us. In today's message we will learn that a maturing knowledge of Christ is the key to hope filled living.
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